Is it not, Harold?"
"And in the meantime how is the Queen's Government to be carried on?"
said Mr. Green Walker. On the following morning it was known that
Lord De Terrier was with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and at about
twelve a list of the new ministry was published, which must have
been in the highest degree satisfactory to the whole brood of giants.
Every son of Tellus was included in it, as were also very many of
the daughters. But then, late in the afternoon, Lord Brock was again
summoned to the palace, and it was thought in the West End among the
clubs that the gods had again a chance. "If only," said the _Purist_,
an evening paper which was supposed to be very much in the interest
of Mr. Harold Smith, "if only Lord Brock can have the wisdom to place
the right men in the right places. It was only the other day that he
introduced Mr. Smith into his Government. That this was a step in
the right direction every one has acknowledged, though unfortunately
it was made too late to prevent the disturbance which has since
occurred. It now appears probable that his lordship will again have
an opportunity of selecting a list of statesmen with the view of
carrying on the Queen's Government; and it is to be hoped that such
men as Mr.
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